Rail-anchor.



' 'J. A. BODKIN.

RAIL ANCHOR. I APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5, 1911.

L01 5 1% Patented an. 16, 1912.

. i e1 SHEETS-SHEET 1 J. A. BODKIN..

' RAIL ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5,1911

Patented Jan. 1%, 1912.

J. A. BQDKIN RAIL ANCHOR. v APPLIOATIO-N FILED JUNE 5, 1911.

llfiflQQ. Patented Jan.16,1912.

'4 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

J. A. BODKIN.

RAIL ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6, 1911.

?atented Jan. 16, 1912.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 4.

mwym w .iomreifnoimmyor NEW Your, N. v.

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a nc gi milee'mneii, 1911'. Serial-ho. 881,888.. I 1

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, JOHN A. BODKIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, county of New. York, State of New York, have invented a certainnew and useful Improvement in Rail-Anchors, and declare the following-to be a full, clear, and,

exact description of the. same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit 'being had to the accompanyi a viewsimilar t0 pertains to make and use the same,'refe1:ence drawings, which form a part of this s ci cation.-

My invention relates to evices for preveutin the creeping of rails duringthe passage o rolling stock, and it has for its object to produce a device which 'shall be simpleinpqnstructirmlcheap, e'asily applied, and efiectiize in operation.

. The various features o fi-snovelty whereby my invention is characterized will hereinafter he pointed out with' particularityin the claims; but, for a full understanding-"of my invention and of-itsobject'and advan-' tages, reference may be had to .the following detailed description ,taken in connection-- the tie inadvance of the 'an'chorfl and then with the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure lis a perspective viewshowing a portion of a railway rail having my improved device applied thereto Fig. 2 is-a plan view of the parts showns in Fig. 1;- Fig. 3 is a cross section through a railshowing the mode of applying my improved anchor; Fig.4'is

modification; Fig. 5 isa cross section through the-base flange of -a rail with the anchor illustrated in Fig. 4 partly applied; f

Fig. 6 is an elevation of the blank from which the anchors illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5 .are formed; Fi 7 is a plan-view'of a iurther modlfied orm of anchor; F1g. 8 1S 0. perspective view of astill further mod1- 'fication; Fig. 9 is an elevation of the blank from which the anchor-in.Fig.-'8 is made;

Figs. 10, 11,12 and 13 are perspective views of four other modifications of my invention; and F i 14 is a plan view of a still further form 0 my invention.

In accordance .with my invention I construct my improved anchor in its various.

forms from sheet steel which is cut into blanks-and then-pressed'in dies or otherwise into the desired shapes.

- l Referringto F 1- to 6 of the drawings, 1 represents a' rail and 2 a tie; The anchor is madefriom a piece 'of sheet steel otthe ig. 2 showing a slight a forrn indicated in Fig.- 6 which so as to produce a yoke 3 adapted to'Ipass-;pnder neath the base of the rail, hooks ;j. 111d adapted to overlie the-outer-edges-fef the, base flange and a member fi lyingbeneath the yoke andI-adapted tybebent-fbo as; to form a post for engaging with the. tie. The post member is laterally at an. acute angle to -the yokgandhas its free end bent gimental maniact. j BatentedJ 16391 2.

outwardly soasto-for n- 51.; bearing foot of-igs considerable-area for engagementwith the tie. 'The hooks jn'e' alsobent-lziterally tlie I hook- 5;; being preferably-bent in the same difootmnasthapost and-" the hook 4 in the .opposite'dire toli. The parts are so shaped and proportioned that when the yoke is placed beneath the-rail atrilght an Ies to the longitu- L dinakaxis'of the ra' the se flange of the rail may be ineerted'between the hooks as indicated in Fig. 3 {one side being first slipged under the hook. 4 and'the anchor bcingt en shifted laterally andraised so as to bring the opposite side "of the; base 1 flange under the other hook. The anchoris then slipped alongthe rail until the pos't'engages with driven forward so as to bring the yoke at" an angle to the longitudinal axis of the rail.

.This causes the hooks to take a firm grip upon the edges. of the base flange of the rail, and any, tendency of therail to move.

forward (:i'iu'scs the hook 4 to take a tighter grip sothat it will follow any movement.

which the rail may have. Since the opposite. end of. the yoke is prevented from moving forward by reason of theengagement of the'post with the tie, a forward pullupon the hook 4 causes the yoke to assume a still greater mclinat'ionto the longitudinal axis r'of the rail and consequentlyproduces a still tighter grip upon the rail.

. Where" the "anchors are made'of spring steel which do not lend themselves readily to manipulation by the workmen who place the anchors in position, theyare manufac- -tured in the final form which they have when in working position upon the rails;

but where the anchors are'made ofthe ordinary steel which may be bent by hammering, they may initially be shaped as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2, the hooks being pounded straight again as indicated atiand 5K in Fig. 4, when the anchors have beenapplied. Where the hooks are'straightened after the lie o'no pos application of the anchors, a longer engagingedge is, afforded and therefore an ex- .tremely tight grip is obtained;

- On the left hand side of Flg. 5 I have 5 shown thehook )1 in the curved condition befo'reit is bent back into the plane of'the yoke, while on the right hand side-of Fig. 5 I have illustrated the hook 5 in its'final position. From these-views it will be seen' n how the'hooks ride gradually up on the base.

'flanges and. grip them with a'wedging ac: tion. I I j In both of the forms which I have just 1 I described I prefer" to make the angles of the imder edges of the hooks somewhat smaller than the angles of the top of the base flanges -'of' the" rail for example, where the angle :of the basefiangeus 13, de rees the'angle T of the under edges of the hoo may be made about .12 degrees, This enables me to obtain a very-powerfulwedging act on as the anchors are swung around at an angle to the 'lon tudinal axis of the rails and-carry the hoo farther up on the base flanges. .25 Fig. 7 I have shown a slight modification in which a double-bend is formed in the post; at the. oint where it leaves the jibke, asindioate at 8. 'l In Figs. 8 and 9 I h "ve shown an arrangeinent which gives the foot 7." on thepost 6 a. larger area than in the forms heretofore described. Inthe blank from which the anchor is made, the post-portion pro ects be yon'd the end of the an'ehor carrying the'hook 3314, and'extends hpwa-rdly at this point to about the topedge of the oke. ThisLgives a vertical height to, the oot equal to thecombined width of the yoke a'nd'nhderlying portion-of thepost.

40 In the forms of my invention heretofore described: the post has been formed ota strip lying beneath the-yoke before the blank is I ,cut out. This brings the post about in line with theouter edge of the base flange of the rail 'or somewhat Within the edge. It may sometimes be desirable .to bring the st out beyo'n'dthe edge of the rail baseam in this basethe ptfit and the yokc,in the blank. may 1te sides of the shank portion of the hoo 5, In Fig. 10 I have illustrated an anchor .oi this type, the post 6 projectin laterally from the anchor at one extra-1e end thereof. In 11 I'have illustrated a further modification, all of the parts being the same i as in Figs. 1 to ,6 except the hook member 5".

-. In'this instance the hook rncmber 5, is providedwith an upward. extension -9 adapted to fit under the'nnderside of .the head of. the rail.

postfi donsists of a one side of which is formed in cutting the hook 5, the strip being of about the same width as the widths of the posts in the forms previously described. In Fig. 13 I have modified the construction of Fig. 12 somewhat in ordcrto obtain a wider foot. In this arrangement the post, 6? is formed in the same manner additional part which overlies the book 5 in as the post 6 but has at its outer end an i the blank and is severed therefroni'in the. process of forming the hook. This produces a foot 7 considerably wider than that illus- 'trated in Fig. 12. 3

.Fig. 14 illustrates a modification of the anchor shown in Fig. 10, the post (3 being brought nearer to'the basepf the rail than the post 6". by reas 'Iir of ailiend 10 in' the 0st at the pointw n this figure I have also illustrated a further modification which may be made in. any of the other forms which IfliaVe described;

This consists in curvingthe'yoke 3 instead tere itj-oi'ns the yoke.

of leaving it straight. This assiststhe gripping elements in securing a tight hold upon the rail and in reventing the .anchor from-- being shaken o by the jarring action produ igd byrolling stockpassmg over the ra1 Z I {It will be seen that all of the forms of niy invention illustrated are extremely/simple, requiring merely a cutting operation and a.

second operation to 'press'the blank 'into the desiredshape, thus making the anchors .ex-

tremely cheap. Furthermore the anchorsare easily applied and. cannot be put on wrong. Again, eventhe most unskilled workman call place an anchor in position in r such a manner thatfit will take a .tight hold and will not be in danger of shaking loose this being for the reason that the gradua wedging action of'the hooks on the base flanges of the rails, and the' sharp corners of the anchor produced by the shearing. or Ennchm operations, causethe anchors to ind tig tly u on therailsprovided that the workman per orins the simple operation of hammering one end-'of the anchorforward as far as it Wlll go.

I claimz- H 1: A rail anchor comprising a yoke, railengaging'members and a post all cut out of a sheet of steel, the post being bent at an angle tothe yokes A rail anchor comprising a yoke, railen aging hooks'at the ends of and above the yo (e, -and a post all cut out of a sheet of steel, the post being bent at an angle to the yoke.

3. A rail anchor comprising a yoke, rail- -engaging members and a post all cut out of a sheet of steel, the post" being bent at an angle to the yoke, and the free end of the post being bent laterally to form a foot for engaging with a tie.

4 A rail anchor comprising a yoke, rail engaging nooks at the'ends of and above the yoke, and a post all out out vofa sheet of steel, the post being bent at an. angle to the yoke, and one of the hooks being bent latex ally out of the plane of the yoke.

55. A rail anchor comprising a yoke, railengaging hooks at the ends of and above the yoke, and the post all out out of a sheet of steel, the post being bent at an an le to the yoke, said hooks being bent laterally in oppositedireetions relative to the plane of the yoke. v.

6. A rail anchor comprising a. yoke, railengaging hooks at the ends of and above the yoke, and a post all out out'of a sheet of steel, the post being attached at one end near one end of the yoke and being bent at an angle to the yoke.

7. A rail anchor comprising a yoke, raib engaging books at the ends of and above the yoke, and a post all out out of a sheet of steel, the post being bent at n angle to the yoke, the yoke being bent into a horii-sontal curve.

8. A raiianchor comprising a yoke, railengaging hooks at the ends of and above the yoke, and a post all out out of a sheet of steel in such a manner as to leave sharp cor more on the rail-engaging portion, the post being bent at angle to the yoke. y

9. A rail anchor comprising a yoke, milengaging hooks at the ends of and above the yoke, and a post all out out of a sheet 05'. steel, the post being bent an angle to the yoke, the under edges of the hooks being out n at asomewhat smaller angle than the angle of the n per surface of the base flange 'of a standax'ifrail. v

In testimony whereof, I, sign this speoili cation in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN A. BODKIN. Witnesses H. ILA CROIK, GUY N. FOSTER. 

